2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Felix W.T. Yeung, Liuqin 楊瑋庭, 柳琴
Felix has been an active member of Toronto’s Chinese music scene for over 18 years. A born Canadian, he joined the Toronto Chinese Orchestra (TCO) in 1997. Inspired and supported…
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2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Matthew Poon, Conductor 潘勉晞, 指揮
Conductor and Winner of 2015 TCO Conducting Competition Matthew Poon is currently the Music Director of the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church (SCBC) Chamber Orchestra. Previously, he acted as the Assistant…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Di Zhang, Yangqin 張迪, 揚琴
Zhang Di is an emerging and promising young yangqin virtuoso who is active in Toronto’s music scene. Since a very young age, Di has displayed mature musicianship and outstanding talent…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Elaine Choi, Conductor 蔡亦翎, 指揮
Elaine Choi contributes to Toronto’s vibrant choral community as a conductor, educator, and accompanist. She is currently the Director of Music at the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. As a music…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Amely Zhou, Erhu 周嘉麗, 二胡
Amely inspires others with her open-hearted and emotive playing. As an ingenious and collaborative musician, she has premiered more than 30 new works by composers around the world. She often…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Wendy Zhou, Pipa 周晚濛, 琵琶
Wendy started learning the pipa at the age of five. She competed in the Youth Pipa Competition in Suzhou, China, and received great praise. After immigrating to Canada in 2001,…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Cynthia Qin, Guzheng 秦子雯, 古箏
Cynthia Ziwen Qin is well-known in Toronto for her musical and mature performance on the guzheng. She started learning music at age seven and eventually graduated from the China Conservatory…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Xiao Ping Hu, Soprano 胡曉平, 女高音
Xiao Ping Hu is a world renowned soprano of our time. Her early vocal music training with Maestro Zhi-Lan Gao at the Shanghai Conservatory was followed by further studies at…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Concert: Dr. Chih-Sheng Chen 陳志昇 Guest Artistic Director and Conductor
I first met Dr. Chen in 2008 at the Hong Kong International Festival of Chinese Orchestras. Since then, I have had wonderful opportunities to visit with him, his orchestra, as well as learn…
2016-07-03 Virtuosos Introduction
This year, the Toronto Chinese Orchestra (TCO) is proud to invite Taiwan’s Dr. Chih-Sheng Chen to be our Guest Artistic Director and Conductor, and Soprano Ms. Xiaoping Hu as our…